2015 No. 200 (S. 1)
Constitutional Law
Devolution, Scotland
The Scottish Administration (Offices) Order 2015
Made 11th February 2015
Laid before Parliament 16th February 2015
Laid before the Scottish Parliament 16th February 2015
Coming into force 1st April 2015

At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 11th day of February 2015
Present,
The Queen’s Most Excellent Majesty in Council
Her Majesty, in exercise of the powers conferred on Her by section 126(8)(b) of the Scotland Act 1998, is pleased, by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, to order as follows:
1998 c.46.

1 Citation and commencement
This Order may be cited as the Scottish Administration (Offices) Order 2015 and comes into force on 1st April 2015.

2 Specification of offices
The following offices are specified for the purposes of section 126(8)(b) of the Scotland Act 1998 (offices in the Scottish Administration which are not ministerial offices)—
(a) the Clerk of the Sheriff Appeal Court appointed under section 59(1) of the Courts Reform (Scotland) Act 2014;
2014 asp 18.
(b) a Deputy Clerk of the Sheriff Appeal Court appointed under section 60(1) of that Act.
Richard Tilbrook    Clerk of the Privy Council

EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order specifies the Clerk to the Sheriff Appeal Court and Deputy Clerks to the Sheriff Appeal Court as offices in the Scottish Administration which are not ministerial offices for the purposes of the Scotland Act 1998.
Sections 59 and 60 of the Courts Reform (Scotland) Act 2014 set out the arrangements for the Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service to appoint a Clerk of the Sheriff Appeal Court and Deputy Clerk of the Sheriff Appeal Court, respectively. This Order establishes these offices as offices in the Scottish Administration.
This Order is required to make the Clerk and the Deputy Clerks to the Sheriff Appeal Court members of the Scottish Administration. These are new offices and are to be office holders in the Scottish Administration in the same way as the existing posts of Sheriff Clerk and Sheriff Clerk Depute are such offices.
A full impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no, or no significant, impact on the private, voluntary or public sectors is foreseen.